Using Xanthan 80 (SF) on Enhancing the Performance of Solid Microbial Fuel Cell. (May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Chin-Tsan; Lin, Tsung-Hung; Chen, Yu-Jen; Chong, Wen-Tong
• Is Part Of: Energy procedia. Volume 105(2017)
• Page Start: 1160
• Page End: 1165
• Publication Date: 2017-05
• Subjects: Solid-phase microbial fuel cell (SMFC) -- compost -- moisture content -- Xanthan 80 (SF) -- drainage system -- power performance; Power resources -- Congresses; Power resources -- Periodicals; Power resources; Conference proceedings; Periodicals; 333.7905
• DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.488
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1876-6102

Abstract

Abstract: Facing the serious issues of using chemical agents in agro-industry and polluting the soil and water source, the solid microbial fuel cell (SMFC) would be one of solution on managing this problem because of undergoing the compost fermentative process to degrade solid waste effectively and also produce power. Now facing the fact of that water content directly impacts the degrading performance of microorganism during the composting process, a technique of Xanthan 80 Smoother flow(SF) and a drainage design would be utilized in the system undergoing a series of studies for knowing its performance of SMFC. Results show that using Xanthan 80(SF) can enhance the power performance of SMFC significantly because of its excellent ability on keeping the compost moist throughout and preventing the gravitational effect from the accumulation of water at the bottom of the chamber. These findings will be useful to modification of SMFC in the future.